| Apple Day Sunday 1st October 2.00-4.30pm Now we have Apple Day – the orchard’s Big Day – to look forward to on Sunday 1 October (see poster below). Posters will shortly appear around the village. Thank you to everyone who has offered help, cakes or preserves. We would value a few more helpers to allow our lovely volunteer stallholders to enjoy all that Apple Day has to offer. So if you are planning to come along and would be willing to spare a half or one hour, please email volunteer coordinator Teresa Woodbridge. Likewise, please contact Teresa if you are able to offer a homemade cake, cookies or preserves. All contributions are much appreciated. We have a few items already donated for the raffle. But with so many children enjoying the day, it would be lovely to have more prizes suitable for young age groups. So if you do have any items/unwanted gifts that could be suitable for children, please email Jo Malden. Adult prizes are also welcome!   Drinkable Rivers In 2005 Drinkable Rivers founder Li An Phoa canoed the full length of the Rupert River in Canada. All the way, she drank water straight from the river. Three years later, the river was polluted, no longer safe to drink. She understood that when we can drink from our rivers, the whole ecosystem is healthy and in balance. Li An is now on a mission. She walks along rivers to engage and activate people to care for their rivers. From 17 September, Li An and colleague Maarten van der Schaaf will walk 220 miles along the Thames from its source near Lechlade to the North Sea, sharing their vision of drinkable rivers and sampling the water. They leave Bablock Hythe at 9:00am on Friday 22 September, reaching Wolvercote around 1:30pm. We plan to meet them in the Community Orchard (or on the riverbank if lots of people come along) for a bring and share lunch. Around 2.30, we will contribute to their citizen science project, taking and testing the river water quality before they head off to Osney, everyone is welcome to walk along with them. If you’re unable to join, would you consider a personal commitment to making steps towards a drinkable river by signing the Lifeline. Drinkable Rivers is an international organisation. The more people who sign the Lifeline, the more momentum the project will take, and the more seriously elected officials and businesses will consider acting towards drinkable rivers. Please share information about the Thames walk and Drinkable Rivers projects with family, friends and neighbours. |
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